Wendell Pierce
Age: N/A | From: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 웬델 피어스 , Wendell Edward Pierce , وندل پیرس
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 26
Most Famous Work
Biography
Wendell Edward Pierce (born December 8, 1963) is an American actor and businessman. Having trained at Juilliard School, Pierce rose to prominence as a character actor portraying roles on both stage and screen. He first gained recognition portraying the role of Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire from 2002 to 2008. His other notable television roles include the trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme (2010–2013), James Greer in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018–2023), the attorney Robert Zane in Suits (2013–2019), and Clarence Thomas in Confirmation (2016). He earned Independent Spirit Awards nominations for his film roles in Four (2012) and Burning Cane (2019), on which he also served as a producer. Other notable film roles include Malcolm X (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Ray (2004), Selma (2014), The Gift (2015), and Clemency (2019). Pierce made his Broadway debut in John Pielmeier's 1985 play The Boys of Winter, followed by Caryl Churchill's Serious Money in 1988. As a theatrical producer, he earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination for August Wilson's Radio Golf (2007), then won for Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park (2012). He performed the lead role of Willy Loman in the revival of Death of a Salesman on the West End in London in 2019 and on Broadway in New York in 2022, for which he earned Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wendell Pierce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Mr. Wade
Suits
(2011) Robert Zane
Superman
(2025) Perry White
Chicago P.D.
(2014) Ray Price
The Wire
(2002) Bunk Moreland
Thunderbolts*
(2025) Congressman Gary
Numb3rs
(2005) William Bradford
Third Watch
(1999) Officer Conrad 'Candyman' JonesActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Self | |
| Gabe | ||
| Perry White | ||
| Congressman Gary | ||
| 2024 | C.W. Wagner | |
| 2022 | Frederick Douglass (voice) | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Chris Daniels | ||
| 2021 | Death (voice) | |
| 2020 | Self | |
| 2019 | Jonathan Williams | |
| Lex Luthor (voice) | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Reverend Tillman | ||
| The Doctor | ||
| 2018 | Narrator (voice) | |
| James Greer | ||
| Dylan | ||
| Detective Lee Tucker | ||
| 2017 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Doctor Willow | ||
| 2016 | Principal Daryl Burr | |
| Clarence Thomas | ||
| Coach Calhoun | ||
| 2015 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Frank Legrand | ||
| Detective Mills | ||
| Andy Kirk (voice) | ||
| Teddy | ||
| Paul | ||
| 2014 | Rev. Hosea Williams | |
| Walt | ||
| Armande | ||
| Self | ||
| Virgil | ||
| Ray Price | ||
| 2013 | Harris Green | |
| Joe | ||
| Ronald Keith | ||
| Bob | ||
| Carlson | ||
| 2012 | J. Jenks | |
| Dave the Rave | ||
| 2011 | Detective Hagan | |
| Robert Zane | ||
| Clinger | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2010 | David Gordon | |
| Naasih Mohammed | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Antoine Batiste | ||
| 2009 | Sgt. Thomas McPhatter | |
| Verl (voice) | ||
| Neal David | ||
| Dr. Michael Schilling | ||
| 2008 | Wiilbur Orwell | |
| Dr. Warren McBride / Warren Morris | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Arthur | ||
| Slick | ||
| Sean | ||
| Detective | ||
| 2006 | Self | |
| Detective Thibodeaux | ||
| 2005 | Sam Carter | |
| Richard Link | ||
| William Bradford | ||
| 2004 | Wilbur Brassfield | |
| Henry | ||
| Dan | ||
| 2003 | Reverend Lewis | |
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Simon | |
| Bunk Moreland | ||
| 2001 | Dr. Boucher | |
| Otis D. Slimmons | ||
| 2000 | Wendell Simms | |
| Anthony Jackson | ||
| Mike (voice) | ||
| 1999 | Officer Conrad 'Candyman' Jones | |
| Harry Benton | ||
| Reverend Tillis | ||
| Roy Labelle | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
| Fred | ||
| 1997 | Justin | |
| N/A | ||
| 1996 | Little Caesar | |
| Wendell | ||
| Calvin Patterson | ||
| John Saunders | ||
| 1995 | Michael | |
| N/A | ||
| S.S. Agent Richard Gill | ||
| Hector | ||
| 1994 | N/A | |
| Bo Williams | ||
| 1993 | District Attorney | |
| Policeman | ||
| 1992 | Ben Thomas | |
| Cabbie | ||
| 1991 | Wells Dennard | |
| Louis | ||
| Parnell "Stacks" Edwards | ||
| 1990 | Roger Porter | |
| Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant | ||
| Ola-Gimju Nwaka | ||
| Mr. Wade | ||
| Conrad White | ||
| 1989 | Prosecutor | |
| MacIntire | ||
| 1986 | Paramedic | |
| 1985 | Dr. Wolff | |
| B.B. King | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| James Greer | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |